Gate-hinge



Patented Sept. 6, I898.

No. s|0,243.-

H RENO GATE HINGE. (Application filed-Aug. 7, 1896) (No Model.)

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HOWARD RENO,-OF FOLSOM, TERruToRY-or New MEXICO.

GATE-HINGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters iatent No. 610,243, datedSeptember 6, 1898 Application filed August 7-, 1896.

To Mr? whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, HOWARD RENO, aciti: zen of the United States,residing at Folsom, in the county of Union and Territory of New Mexico,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gate-Hinges; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My inventiomrelates to gate-hinges; and the object of the invention isto provide a farm-gate hinge, a pair of which attached to a gate willhold their positions almost indefinitely, as opposed to the short-livedhinge connections in common use.

A particular object of the invention is to provide a farm-gate hingewhich will be no more expensive than the ordinary hinge and will closelyresemble the ordinary gate-hinge.

My invention consists in a gate-iron comprising a shank and a pintle atright angles thereto, the middle of said pintle being in line with theaxis of said shank and adapted to hold a hinge strap oreye in the sameposition, whereby the pull of the strap is equalized upon opposite sidesof the axis of the shank.

The invention will be more readily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and inwhich-- Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating my invention. Fig. 2is an enlarged perspective view of the hinge. Fig. 3 is a plan view ofthe gate-iron. Fig. 4 is a side view thereof.

As shown in the drawings, 2 represents the gate-post, and 3 represents asection of a gate on which are thehinge-straps 4 and 5. The eye 6 ofeach strap is of a cylindrical form, as usual in like farm-gate hinges.The other part of each hinge comprises a pintle 7 of a cylindrical formerected upon the enlarged end or head 8. The shank 9 of this part of thehinge is bent upwardly from the end or head 8. to a point substantiallyopposite the middle of the pintle Z and then extends back at rightangles with the pintle. The straight portion 10 of the shank is usuallyprovided Serial No. 601,993. (No model.)

with threads 11, and said straight part, as

shown in Fig. 1,is secured in the gate-post with I the bent portion 9extending downwardly, so that the pintle projects upward to receive theeye of the strap. Ordinarily the eye is somewhat larger than the pintlein order to allow free play, all parts being comparatively roughinformation.

The main feature of my invention lies in the relations of the shank tothe pintle, the valuable construction being one wherein the middle ofthat portion of the pintle which is occupied by the strap-eye issubstantially opposite the center or axis of the shank, for the reasonthat when a side pull and the opposite force is exerted upon the pintlesof the two hinges there would otherwise be a tendency to turn thepintles and the shanks, which movement, if often repeated, would wearout I the sockets orholes into which the shanks are screwed andeventually loosen the shanks to such an extent that they would pull outof the post. It is for this reason that the ordinary gate-hinge isunreliable and requires constant attention. The force or weight of thegate is exerted upon the two pintles, as indicated in Fig. 1, where itwill be seen that the upper strap draws against the pintle, while thelower strap pushes against its pin tle. With hinges of the constructionherein described the pull and the push of the gateupon the pintles isdirectly against the pintle and the shank, taken as a whole, and beingequalized upon'opposite sides of the axis of the two shanks the swingingof the gate does not tend to rack or twist the shanks in the post.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A gate-hinge, comprising a shank and a pintle atright angles thereto, and a strap or eye arranged upon said pintle andthe middle of said eye being'in line with or coincident with the axis ofsaid shank, substantially as described. I

2. The gate-iron, comprising the shank and the pintle at substantiallyright angles to one another, and the middle portion of that part of thepintle which is occupied or engaged by specification in the presence oftwo subscribthe hinge-strap being in line with the axis of ingWitnesses. said shank, whereby the force of the hingestrap upon saidpintle will be equally divided HO WARD RENO? 5 upon opposite sides ofthe axis of said shank, Witnesses:

substantially as described. JOHN KING,

In testimony whereof I have signed this H. J. COLLINS.

